{"id":21228,"date":"2017-05-14T23:52:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T22:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21228"},"modified":"2017-05-14T23:52:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T22:52:03","slug":"wannacry-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21228","title":{"rendered":"WannaCry Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/396;background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"WannaCry Ransomware\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wannacry.jpg\" alt=\"WannaCry Ransomware\" width=\"524\" height=\"396\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>Everyone must have heard about the problems this week with <a title=\"NHS cyber-attack: More ransomware cases 'likely on Monday'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-39916778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an unprecedented attack on Windows computer systems around the world<\/a>. I understand that there are already reports of further cases as we head into the new week.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to do an in-depth report, since you can find them all over the internet, and they\u2019re written by people\u00a0 much more knowledgeable on the subject than me. However, the one thing you MUST do is install any updates or patches as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, and Windows Vista systems should already have been patched (<a title=\"Microsoft Security Bulletin MS17-010 - Critical\" href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/security\/ms17-010.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back in March<\/a>). If you haven\u2019t done the patch, do it soon. Microsoft no longer officially supports Windows 8 or Windows XP (except by custom arrangements), though the NHS still uses it from what I have read. However, they have released <a title=\"Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/msrc\/2017\/05\/12\/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an emergency patch for both Windows 8 and Windows XP<\/a> that regular users can apply.<\/p>\n<p>Just do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone must have heard about the problems this week with an unprecedented attack on Windows computer systems around the world. I understand that there are already reports of further cases as we head into the new week. 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